Title
Actions speak loudly with words: unpacking collaboration around the table
Abstract
The potential of tabletops to enable groups of people to simultaneously touch and manipulate a shared tabletop interface provides new possibilities for supporting collaborative learning. However, findings from the few studies carried out to date have tended to show small or insignificant effects compared with other technologies. We present the Collaborative Learning Mechanisms framework used to examine the coupling of verbal interactions and physical actions in collaboration around the tabletop and reveal subtle mechanisms at play. Analysis in this way revealed that what might be considered undesirable or harmful interactions and intrusions in general collaborative settings, might be beneficial for collaborative learning. We discuss the implications of these findings for how tabletops may be used to support children's collaboration, and the value of considering verbal and physical aspects of interaction together in this way.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1145/1731903.1731939
ITS
Keywords
Field
DocType
physical aspect,general collaborative setting,collaborative learning,physical action,verbal interaction,shared tabletop interface,new possibility,unpacking collaboration,harmful interaction,insignificant effect,collaborative learning mechanisms framework,framework
Social group,World Wide Web,Collaborative learning,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,User studies,Multimedia,Unpacking
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
77
3.16
15
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rowanne Fleck153738.46
Yvonne Rogers24850448.33
Nicola Yuill344728.09
Paul Marshall464933.91
Amanda Carr51137.54
Jochen Rick650749.71
Victoria Bonnett71748.77